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Definition of Nuphar
1. Noun. Spatterdocks.
Generic synonyms: Magnoliid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Nymphaeaceae, Nymphaeaceae, Water-lily Family
Member holonyms: Cow Lily, Nuphar Advena, Spatterdock, Yellow Pond Lily, Nuphar Lutea, Yellow Water Lily
Definition of Nuphar
1. n. A genus of plants found in the fresh-water ponds or lakes of Europe, Asia, and North America; the yellow water lily. Cf. Nymphaea.
Medical Definition of Nuphar
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Nuphar
Literary usage of Nuphar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Pharmacodynamics by Richard Hughes (1870)
"This proving confirms the ancient reputation of nuphar as an anaphrodisiac. ...
These are the two pathogenetic effects of nuphar which have led to practical ..."
2. Materia Medica and Special Therapeutics of the New Remedies by Edwin Moses Hale (1880)
"From the last remark it would appear that the last-named is but a variety, if it
is not identical with the nuphar lutea. Medical History. ..."
3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1845)
"On the Surface of the Stem and Contents of the Medullary Cells of nuphar lutea
... ALTHOUGH the internal structure of the submersed stems of nuphar lutea, ..."
4. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Goebel (1900)
"If such a dorsiventral rhizome of nuphar is covered with earth it grows erect
and radial until it again reaches the light. ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1877)
"А. Our plant is also, I presume, identical with Dr. Syme's so-called variety "ß.
minor" of nuphar ..."
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